Ben Fulford
Talks and papers

Talks and papers

On AI-assisted hazard analysis, cybersecurity in safety cases and AI adoption in safety-critical engineering.

Talk · SCSC seminar, AI in a Safety Workflow · London · 29 October 2026Upcoming

Stop Reviewing AI Outputs. Start Engineering Them

How to design an AI workflow fit for real safety work.

Ben Fulford leading a workshop table at the SCSC seminar, June 2026
Workshop · SCSC seminar · London · 25 June 2026

How to Make the Most of AI: A Workshop for Safety Engineers

Prompt and context engineering for safety engineers: practitioner talks in the morning, hands-on workshops in the afternoon. With Paul Hampton, Rudi Hennessy and Alan Simpson.

Podcast · Safety 4.0 Live · 9 April 2026

Can AI deliver a credible HAZOP?

With Lucas Domingues, on where AI adds value in safety-critical engineering and where the hype outruns it.

Ben Fulford presenting AI-assisted HAZOP at SSS 2026
Paper and talk · Safety-Critical Systems Symposium (SSS ’26) · York · February 2026

AI-assisted HAZOP: Can prompt engineering deliver a credible HAZOP assessment?

An LLM tested against a real HAZOP for a deployable water treatment system. It worked like a methodical junior engineer, and its errors were the reviewable kind. Lead author, with Thomas Wilkinson, Mathew Wylie and Luke Hankins.

Webinar · IChemE Process Management and Control SIG · 16 January 2026

Merging Human Expertise with AI for Better Safety Management

The SCSC keynote, given again by invitation for IChemE.

Keynote · SCSC seminar, How Safety Culture Has to Change with AI · London · 19 June 2025

Merging Human Expertise with AI for Better Safety Management

How large language models can support and strengthen established safety engineering practice, with engineers keeping the judgement.

Ben Fulford presenting Effectiveness of Controls at SSS 2025
Paper and talk · Safety-Critical Systems Symposium (SSS ’25) · York · February 2025

Bridging risk paradigms from cyber threats to safety impacts: a new assessment process

Effectiveness of Controls: a method for bringing cybersecurity risk into safety cases to support ALARP arguments, now applied across multiple platforms. Lead author, with Mathew Wylie and Neil Stiff.

Speaking on AI adoption in regulated industries, for conferences, seminars, podcasts and in-house sessions.

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